2016-10-21T05:31:37ZIs there a relation between environmental exposure to teratogenic substances during pregnancy and congenital anomalies in the newborn? A pilot study in Portugalhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4052
Título: Is there a relation between environmental exposure to teratogenic substances during pregnancy and congenital anomalies in the newborn? A pilot study in Portugal
Autor: Machado, Ausenda; Braz, Paula; Santos, Joana; Marques, Inês; Dias, Carlos Matias
Resumo: Background: Maternal occupation as a proxy of environmental exposure has been consistently associated with specific congenital anomalies (CA) in the foetus and newborn. On the other hand, geographical location of the mother such as place of residence and place of work have not been used as proxy for environmental exposures during pregnancy. We designed a pilot study aiming to investigate the association between maternal place of residence and workplace during pregnancy and CA in Portugal. Methods: Cases and controls are identified in the maternity unit. Cases are all live births with at least one CA delivered in the Barreiro hospital located in a heavy industrial area near Lisboa. Controls are the two normal births following each case. Residents outside the study area, stillbirths and women who decline to participate or are incapable of giving consent are excluded. A health professional interviews the mothers using a questionnaire adapted from the registry form of the Portuguese national registry of CA and includes information on places during pregnancy (residence, workplace, leisure), and demographic characterization as place of birth, infant sex, weight, description of CA, age of mother, ethnicity, maternal birth place. Maternal health and obstetric history, education, smoking, alcohol, drugs and medication use is also collected as potential confounders. Results: The pilot study started in January 2016 and at the moment two cases and four controls have been recruited without refusals. The study will continue to be implemented and it is proposed to start in other hospital units during 2016.2016-06-01T00:00:00ZAtividade física na população portuguesa em 2014: adesão às recomendações da OMShttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4050
Título: Atividade física na população portuguesa em 2014: adesão às recomendações da OMS
Autor: Santos, Joana; Sousa-Uva, Mafalda; Antunes, Liliana; Dias, Carlos Matias
Resumo: Está bem documentado que a Atividade Física (AF) pode melhorar a saúde dos indivíduos, pelo que pode desempenhar um papel fundamental em programas de saúde pública. Contudo, a extensão de benefícios em saúde depende de fatores como o nível de intensidade e frequência com que é realizada. Segundo a OMS, ganhos adicionais em saúde podem ocorrer de uma prática de 150 minutos de atividade moderada ou 75 de atividade intensa, ou ambos, ao longo da semana. Assim, é de interesse caracterizar a população que, apesar de fisicamente ativa, não atinge os níveis de AF recomendados. Esta informação permitirá ajustar programas de saúde pública a esta população.2016-09-15T00:00:00ZExcess Mortality associated to Influenza epidemic in Portugal, from 2007/2008 to 2014/2015 seasonshttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4049
Título: Excess Mortality associated to Influenza epidemic in Portugal, from 2007/2008 to 2014/2015 seasons
Autor: Silva, Susana Pereira; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Rodrigues, Emanuel; Machado, Ausenda; Nunes, Baltazar
Resumo: Mortality in the north hemisphere is higher in winter than in summer seasons, due to the influenza epidemics as well as cold temperatures.
Portuguese influenza surveillance comprises clinical and laboratorial notifications of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) attended in the primary health care units and emergency rooms. Without information on specific cause of deaths in real time, estimation of influenza impact has been accessed using Portuguese Daily Mortality Monitoring System (VDM), that covers all cause mortality of Portuguese population.
The aim of this study was to provide excess mortality, potentially associated to Influenza each season (between 2007/08 and 2014/15).2016-07-12T00:00:00ZExcess pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal from 1998 to 2015http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4048
Título: Excess pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal from 1998 to 2015
Autor: Rodrigues, Emanuel; Silva, Susana Pereira; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Roquette, Rita; Machado, Ausenda; Nunes, Baltazar
Resumo: In Portugal there is no severe acute respiratory infection surveillance system in place.
Estimation of influenza burden has been accessed using hospital discharge database that covers the mainland Portuguese population.
The objective of this study was to estimate the excess of pneumonia or influenza (P&I) hospitalizations during influenza epidemics from seasons 1998-99 to 2014-15 in mainland Portugal.2016-07-12T00:00:00Z